Example sentences containing 'insubordinate'

rumours, and they were only rumours, that over the past few years several insubordinate employees had simplydisappeared.MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOORMy kindly and patientteacher, I discovered, was a terrible student, headstrong and insubordinate.Robin Hobb THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MANShe would kill Lori for being so blithely insubordinate but she couldn't say anything in front of Nick.Cathy Kelly JUST BETWEEN USTory's expression was serious and she prayed Maelgwn would not take offence to her terms, or think her too insubordinate for saying so.Traci Harding THE ANCIENT FUTURE: THE DARK AGE